Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Gerf Hoseyn, 2:30 pm, 15 February 1867 (484)
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 13 3/4 inches (24.1 × 34.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
inscribed in brown ink, lower left: "Gerf Hoseyn | 2.30.PM. Feby. 15.1867"; in brown ink, lower right: "484"; Verso: in graphite, center: "131. up | Lowest"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.236
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
river | landscape | temples | architectural subject | palm trees | figures (representations) | ruins | sky | sand | rocks (landforms)
Associated Places:
Nubia | Nubia | Nile | Egypt | Africa
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14)
Publications:
Scott Wilcox, Edward Lear and the art of travel, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2000, p. 101, no. 109, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5288